Main Discussion Area > Around the Campfire
2020 Victory Gardens
bjrogg:
Then it was time for sweet corn. I think I picked these bags full 12 times. My daughter husked them, two of our grandkids helped later in the day. I helped in between picking and cooking.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
We have a good efficient system. I cook the corn outside to keep the heat out of the house. After it’s cooked it goes in the kiddie pool to quickly cool down or “blanch”. My mom always did everything in the house and used the bathtub, but this works much better. Then the cooked, blanched corn goes into the house and Susie cuts it off the cob and bags it. Then in squeeze the air out and zip lock the bags closed and to the freezer they go.
Not bad for one day. I’m not sure how much applesauce Susie made but it was a bunch. The sweet corn we filled 52 zip lock bags. One a week for a year. I like to get two a week and still have lots of corn left. Only picked six rows. Still have 18 left. We will give lots away. Also 4 one gallon ice cream buckets full for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
This is a lot of work but it’s so worth it to me. It’s is like candy. Nothing at all like the stuff in cans you buy at the store.
Bjrogg
WhistlingBadger:
Homemade applesauce and sweet corn. Yummmm. We planted apple trees a couple years ago. Hoping to get some apples from them next summer.
DC:
Is there a special tool for cutting the corn off the cob or do you just use a knife?
Not from corn country ;D ;D
Hawkdancer:
Managed a few cherry tomatoes yesterday, the other 2 tomato plants are starting to make fruit, got zucchini blossoms and buds, so maybe fresh zucchini in a couple of weeks! Birds got what few cherries there were. Got to figure out how get picture posting going again!
Hawkdancer
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version